Machine for setting and cooling tires



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MACHINE FOR SETTING AND 000mm TIRES.

No. 385,538. Patented July 3, 1888.

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MACHINE FOR SETTING AND COOLING TIRES. No. 385.538. Patented July 3,18881.

WITNESSES .dttorney I NITED STATES ATENT OFFICEQ JOHN HILL WVILLIAMS, OFPLEASANT HILL, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,538, dated July 3,1888.

Application filed September 17, 1887. Serial No. 249,942.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HILL WILLIAMs,a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Pleasant Hill, in the county of Miami and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines forSetting and Cooling Tires; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan view of my improved tire cooler andsetter. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through center ofmachine. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of trestle. Figs. 4 and 5 show thedevice with a vehiclewheel in position.

My invention relates to machines for setting and cooling the tires ofwagon and carriage wheels; and it consists in the construction and novelcombination of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates asmithstrestle, which consists of the rails B 0, connected by vertical posts DE F G to the rails H I. The vertical posts are connected by horizontalbars K KT, which are removably secured to the outer sides of said posts,as shown at a I) c d. The rails H l are shorter than the rails B O andare provided with a metal facing on the upper edges to protect the saidrails from wear.

L is a rock-shaft the ends of which arejournaled at M N in the verticalposts F G. The rock-shaft is provided with a central opening, Q, toreceive the projecting end of the lever B, to which the wheel Sisjournalcd when proper] y secured in place. The lever B is providedwith a cross-bar or stop-bar, R, which regulates the distance to whichthe lever R may project through the opening Q,and serves also to supportthe weight of the wheel S when the lever It is moved out of a horizontalposition. The lever B is provided intermediately of its ends with alongitudinally-disposed slot, T. By means of the slot-opening in thelever B the wheel S is longitudinally adjustable to permitvehicle-wheels of different sizes to be turned in the water-box.Immediately over (No model.)

the slot T and on thelever R is placed a sliding plate, U, havingflanged edges projecting over and engaging the upper edges of the leverB. The hub V of the wheel S is preferably of cast metal, concavo-couvexin crosssection and rectangular in outline, and is pivotally connectedto the lever B by the bolt a, passing downward through an opening in thesliding plate U and the slot T.

The spokes 1 2 3 4 are secured by bolts 9 10 to the metal arms 5 6 7 8.The said arms are secured to or integral with the hub V and extendradially therefrom. A curved bridge, 11, spans the hub V diagonally andis secured to the metal arms 5 and 7 by bolts 25 and 27. A rod, 12,having a T-head at its inner en l,is passed outwardly through a centralhole, 13, in the middle of the bridge 11, the outer end of which isprovided with the adjustable sleeve 23, secured in the desired positionon the rod by means of the pin 24,passing through openings in the sleeveand through a corresponding opening in the rod. The outerportion of thesleeve 23 is threaded to receive the wrench 14., by which the Wagon orcarriage wheel is tightened down in place. The upper edges of the spokes1 2 3 4 incline inwardly from their outer ends to form the dish thatcorresponds to the dish of a vehicle-wheel. These spokes l 2 3 4 areprovided with two flat concentric metal rings, 15 16, on their plainedges, said rings being secured in place by the bolts and nuts thatsecure the metal arms to the spokes.

The longer end rails, B O, of the trestle are provided on their innerfaces near the horizontal bar K withinwardly-projecting staples 17 18,which are designed to receive thestems of the arms 20 21, secured to theside of the cooling-trough 22.

In operation, the wheel S being placed on the trestle and the lever endinserted in the opening in the rock-shaft,the vehicle-wheel is placedupon the wheel S and the rod 12 is passed up through the bore of thewheel-hub. The sleeve 23 is then moved in a position on the rod toaccommodate the length of the hub of the vehicle-wheel, and theresecured by means of the pin 24:. The wrench 14 is then turned on thethreaded portion of the sleeve 23 to draw the vehicle-wheel into or outof dish, as may be necessary, to permit the pre pared tire to be placed.The operating-lever is then seized and the wheel lifted into a verticalposition by turning the rock-shaft to permit the tire to be cooled inthe water in the trough, at which time the fellies should be trued andstraightened within the tire,and the operator should at the same timestrike on the vehiclewheel over the spokes to settle the spokes in thehub. The operator then removes the lever from the rock shaft and fromits connection with the wheel S. He then turns the trestle over, so thatthe longer end rails are uppermost, and then places the ve hiclc-wheel,still connected to the wheel S, thereon and proceedsto rivet the tire inplace, thus completing the setting of the tire. By removing thelongitudinal bars that connect the end frames of the trestle andremoving the wheel S and the lever It the parts of the machine may beconveniently packed for shipment.

Havingdescribed myinventiomwhat I claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. The combination, with the trestle-frame provided with the rock-shafthaving the central opening, of the removable lever provided with thetransverse stopbar and seated in said central opening, and provided alsowith the longitudinally-disposed slot intermediate of its ends, thewheel S, the sliding plate, and

the securing bolt and nut, the headed red, the threaded sleeve thereon,and the adjustingpin, the bridge connecting said rod to the Hub of thewheel S, and the wrench on said threaded sleeve, substantially asspecified.

2. The combiuation,with the trestle and the roclcshaft having thecentral opening, of the wheel S, pivoted to the lever It, the lever It,having the crossbar near its end, the bridge spanning the hub B andhaving the opening for the rod 12, the rod 12, having the adjustablesleeve thereon, and the wrench, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the trestle provided with the rock-shaft havinga central opening, of the removable slotted lever provided with across-bar, the dished wheel having the concentric rings, the bridgeconnecting the headed rod to the hub of the Wheel,

the headed red, the sleeve on said rod, the V wrench, and the troughprovided with arms seated in staples of the trestle, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HILL W'ILLTAMS.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. WIIITTNER, (Jr-ms. XVHI'r'rNnR.

